Lacing.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

A. SGHOSHUSEN.

LAUING.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 19, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

ARTHUR SCI-IOSI-IUSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LACING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,477, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed December 19,1903- Serial No. 185,888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ARTHUR Senosnnsnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacings, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to lacings such as are employed for the fasteningsof shoes, corsets, &c.; and its object is to provide a new and improvedlacing tip or stiifener of simple and inexpensive construction, and moreespecially of increased durability as compared with tips heretofore usedfor similar purposes.

To this end the invention consists in a lacing having the improved tiphereinafter described, and more particularly defined in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my improved tip and themanner of applying the same to the end of a lacing in connection withboth a tubular lacing and a lacing of the wide single-strip style, andreferring thereto Figure 1 is a plan view of the sheet-metal blank fromwhich the tip or stiffener is formed. Fig. 2 shows the shank of the tipinserted in the end of a tubularlacing. Fig. 3 illustrates the next stepin the operation of forming up the tip, consisting in bending the headof the blank down against the shank. Fig. 4 illustrates the nextsucceeding step, which consists in folding the lateral wings of the headinwardly upon the fabric of the lacing. Fig. 5 illustrates, thecompleted tip formed by rolling or curling up the partly-finished tipshown in Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views, enlarged, onthe lines 6 6 and 7 7 of Fig. 4, respectively. Fig. 8 is an end view ofthecompletcd tip shown in Fig. 5. Figs. 9 and 10 are cross-sectionalviews, enlarged, on the lines 9 9 and 10 10of Fig. 5, respectively; andFigs. 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are views corresponding, respectively, withFigs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, but illustrating the application of the tip toa wide single-strip lacing.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 10, inclusive, of the drawings, A designates atubular lacing, and B designates as an entirety a thin sheet-metal blankfrom which my improved tip is formed.

This blank comprises a stem or shank b, a head 6, and wings 7),extending laterally from the head Z). In applying the tip the shank?) ofthis blank -is inserted in the open end of the tubular lacing A, asshown in Fig. 2. The next step in the operation consists in bending backthe head 6 from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 to theposition shown in full lines therein, wherein the head lies flat againstthe lacing which incloses-the upper portion of the rear surface of thestern I), with the wings b projecting from either side thereof. Thisdone, the wings 7) are next bent inwardly toward each other, so as tooverlie and compress the edges of the lacing adjacent to its end, asshown in Fig. 4, after which the blank thus folded and bent with the endportion of the lacing engaged thereby is rolled or curled up into thefinished form represented in Fig. 5, from which it will be observed thatthe shank portion 6 of the metallic tip is entirely incased within thefabric of the lacing, while the head and wing portions 6 and bconstitute a neatly-tapered exposed metallic point C, completelyconcealing and protecting the end portion of the fabric embracedthereby.

Where the tip is applied to a wide single strip lacing, as illustratedin Figs. 11 to 15, inclusive, substantially the same operations as tobending, folding, and rolling of the tip are carried out as hereinaboveset forth. ]n this case, as shown in Fig. 11, the shank of the tip islaid longitudinally and centrally upon the end of the lacing A and theedges (0 of the lacing being then folded inwardly over the shank, asshown in Fig. 12. The head is then bent down backwardly to overlie theend portion of the fabric covering the upper portion of the shank, asshown in Fig. 13, after which the wings are folded inwardly to clamp theedges a of the folded end of the fabric, as shown in Fig. 14, the wholebeing then rolled up into the finished form. (Shown in Fig. 15.)

From the construction hereinabove described it will be seen that thefabric of the lacing is very intimately and securely engaged by thefolded and curled parts of the tip, whereby the tip is very securelyheld therein and is practically incapable of dislodgment Without cuttingor tearing the fabric. An other advantage resides in the fact that thebending and folding of the head over against the upper portion of theshank produces in the finished article a rolled metallic tip 0, having arounded annular edge at its point and Walls of double thickness, therebycreating a tip of great strength and free from any sharp or cuttingedges. The blank of the tip may be made of any suitable sheet metal,brass being preferred, and of course the exposed tip 0 may be lacqueredto correspond with the color of the lacing when desired. By making theouter portion of the stiffened tip of the lacing with an exposed metalsurface wear upon the lacing is greatly decreased and the life andserviceability thereof correspondingly increased.

The exact form of blank herein shown and described is not essential tothe carrying out of my invention, so long as the described featuresthereof are present with substantially the described bending and curlingof the blank in association with the end of the lacing. Hence I do notlimit the invention to the precise details herein shown and described,except to the extent that the latter are made the subject of specificclaims.

I claim- 1. The combination with alacing, of ametallic stiffenertherefor comprising a shank interrolled with and covered by the endfabric of the lacing, and an exposed metallic-tip portion rolled aboutthe upper end of the shank and its covering, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a lacing, of a metallic stiffener thereforcomprising a shank interrolled with and covered by the end fabric of thelacing, and an integral exposed tip portion bent back and rolled aboutthe upper end of the shank and its covering, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a lacing, of a metallic stifiener thereforformed from a sheet-metal blank havingashank portion interrolled withand covered by the end fabric of the lacing, and a head portion bentbackwardly over said shank and the end of the fabric and rolled uptherearound to present an exposed tip, substantially as described.

l. The combination with a lacing, of a metallic stiffener thereforformed from a sheet-metal blank havingashank portion interrolled withand covered by the end fabric of the lacing, and a Winged head portionbent backwardly and inwardly over said shank and the end and adjacentedge portions of the fabric and rolled up therearound to present atapered exposed tip, substantially as described.

ARTHUR SCHOSHUSEN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL N. POND, L. S. HALL.

